Bag-holder



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. S. BRAILEY.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 332,226. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

. J. S. BRAILEY.

BAG HOLDER. ,226. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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nying drawings, and to the letters and figures 2 UNITED STATES ATENTFFICE.

JAMES S. BRAILEY, OF IVAUSEON, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 332,226, datedDecember 15, 1885, I Application filed September 2,1985. SerialNo.175,983. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs S. BRAILEY, a citi-. zen of the United States,residing at \Vauseon, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I dodeclare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompaof reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention is designed for the purpose of holding a grain bag or sackin an upright position and presenting an open top or mouth into whichthe grain may be readily poured or shoveled, as in the act of fillingthe sack; and my invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 isaperspective view of my invention supporting a bag or sack. Fig. 2 is anenlarged top plan view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of theclamping parts, showing the bag broken away, also the main wires. Fig. 4is an enlarged View of Fig. 2, taken at right angles to said View. Fig.5 is a detached view of the brace-wire b. Fig. 6 is a detached view ofthe locking lever wire L.

The holder is light, durable, and portable, being made entirely of wire,which may be round or flat. The main wire or hoop H is made sufficientlysmall in diameter to pass freely into the mouth of the bag. I form onits opposite sides two attaching-loops, Z Z. The ends of the hoop-wireterminate with eyes t t, which stand out at right angles to its body, aneach eye encircles the opposite end portion of the main wire, asshownclearly in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. I attach a supporting-bail, S, to the mainwire, its hooked ends 8 s engaging with the loops Z Z of the main wireH. The bail-wire at the center is looped over, forming the attachingring R, by which the holder is held to support the bag while filling itby ongaging the ring with a hook or staple driven into a suitablesupport. The bail-wire is at tached at the center to the main wire at anelevation by the brace-wire 1), its lower end, at 0, being coiled aroundthe inner end portion of the main wire, its upper end coiled over thebail S and its free end bent outward at right angles to its body,forming an engaging-arm, c. I coil around the inner end portion of themain wire H the lower portion of the locking-lever wire L, its endportion projecting rearward and adapted to cross transversely the outerend portion of the main wire, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) which prevents thelever from dropping forward below a horizontal position. The lever-wireL stands, when in a locked or upright position, parallel with and by theside of the brace-wire I), (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and when unlocked itdrops forward to a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Thejoining faces of the brace-wire b and lever-wire L may be serrated toform a more rigid grasp upon the folded portion of the bag.

It will be observed that the device is a portable one, and may be hungup, to support the sack or bag, on a hook at any point convenient.

The operations are as follows: The loop or ring R is caught over a hook,as shown at h, Fig. 1; then the sack is pulled up over the main wire Hsufficiently to bring said wire within the mouth of the sack; then theoperator with one hand takes up the slack at the top of the sack, on theback side, suffioiently to draw the mouth of the sack to a diameter lessthan that of the hoop H. The folded portionf of the bag or sack is thenpressed against the brace-wire b, and the lever-wire L is forced up,engaging with the arm 0, which crowds it toward the brace b, therebyfirmly binding the folded or gathered portion f of the sack between thebrace and lever, holding it firmly and preventing the withdrawal of thebag from the holder, and when ready to disengage the bag the lever L ispulled forward at the top, freeing the fold f, when the bag will dropfrom the holder.

Having thus fully set forth my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bagholder, the combination of the main wire, the bail attachedthereto, the brace- Wire joining; said wires, and the lever-wire pivotedat one end to the main wire and adapted to be engaged with anddisengaged from the main wire-and having the arm a formed integraltherewith, said arm a being adapted to engage with the outer end portionof the main wire, as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES S. BRAILEY.

lVitnesses:

MAZZINI SLUssER, A. B. SMITH.

